However, lean’s many benefits extend well beyond the assembly line. And, as a new book argues, its qualitative approach to enterprise improvement has never been more relevant. What a Unicorn Knows, by ...

Start-ups need both agility and direction. by David J. Collis Strategy and entrepreneurship are often seen as polar opposites. Strategy means rigorously defining and pursuing one clear path, while ...

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A common question regarding lean transformation is: How do we make lean stick? How do we instill lean into our culture and make it part of our company DNA, engaging the whole workforce in continually ...

Lean thinking - the philosophy of maximizing customer value while minimizing waste - has long been hailed as a panacea for low productivity and poor performance. Introduced decades ago through the ...

Lean and just-in-time (JIT) strategies are still vital to supply chains. Lean management practices JIT strategies may have taken a beating in recent years, but only because companies relied too ...

When signing copies of my book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean, I would often write "lean is both an organizational journey and a personal one; lean begins with you!" We focus so much on the ...

When it comes to overall business health, growth and efficiency tend to be two of the key factors that many business owners will evaluate to measure success. Even a successful business can spiral ...

In the fast-paced environment of cloud structures, being efficient is no longer a nice thing to have; it's a must. As businesses expand and change, lean, secure, and automated cloud infrastructures ...

With growth comes the expectation of change. As a business grows larger, the lean and focused approach that brought success may not fit as well as it did before. The same is true in nonprofit ...

As Colorado’s primary safety-net organization, Denver Health provides healthcare services to nearly 25 percent of all Denver residents. Medicaid, the health system’s single biggest payor, covers 46 ...

Start-ups need both agility and direction. by David J. Collis Strategy and entrepreneurship are often viewed as polar opposites. Strategy is seen as the pursuit of a clearly defined path—one ...